tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post99516840921540329..comments2023-11-05T03:44:10.274-05:00Comments on Drunk in Ontario: A Letter to Uncle SamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-49215080526550352962008-06-11T21:03:00.000-04:002008-06-11T21:03:00.000-04:00The education system in Canada is a little complic...The education system in Canada is a little complicated, but not too bad. Education is a provincial matter, though they have to adhere to minimum standards (if a school is private, it has no standards, but they can adopt the provincial standards to smooth transitions to post-secondary education).<BR/><BR/>The only hiccup is the necessity of Catholic education, but that's a Constitution thing, and not easily remedy. I'll get into it someday. Keep your eyes open.<BR/><BR/>As for your fear that public education will reinforce tyranny, you're probably right to some extent. The pledge of alliegance is a neat little brainwashing trick, designed ot make little patriots. But simply learning to read, and to think, and about science are powerful tools that no dictator wants his suibjects to have. You're farther ahead having most people attend a school that is publicly funded and governed by the constitution than by having nothing at all.<BR/><BR/>It's not black and white, by any stretch, but my public education has served me well, if only by teaching me to value learning and decideing for myself.Father Shaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387065831329240927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-79562288678630893142008-06-11T18:14:00.000-04:002008-06-11T18:14:00.000-04:00I completely agree that without an educated people...I completely agree that without an educated people, there will be huge problems. I'm not familiar with the public education in Canada but I can tell you for sure that the schools here are not educating children. In fact, I would be so bold as to say that a sure path to tyranny in this country, is a public (read: government) education.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067391901730710419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-78977582617079526952008-06-09T18:37:00.000-04:002008-06-09T18:37:00.000-04:00S.:I commend you on your choice. My feelings on h...S.:<BR/><BR/>I commend you on your choice. My feelings on homeschooling are pretty benign. Obviously, it's your right to do it, and it's a lot of work, so I appreciate your commitment. On the other hand, having been a teacher, I know that my training as a teacher did give me some tools that I didn't have.<BR/><BR/>I'm also pretty passionate about the place of public education in society: literate, aware and conscious citizens are invaluable to society, ate necessary for democracy, and about the only defense the general public has against tyranny.Father Shaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387065831329240927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-48743070343499418392008-06-09T17:53:00.000-04:002008-06-09T17:53:00.000-04:00Some of us are trying. I'm in Georgia, most defin...Some of us are trying. I'm in Georgia, most definitely the bible belt. There are hundreds like me, homeschooling our children free of religion. Regardless of whether you agree with homeschooling or not, the fact that there are so many of us in the deep south in direct opposition to religion and all proponents of science, makes it a little less scary. At least I think so.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067391901730710419noreply@blogger.com